Annual recap
EU lobbying in 2021
In 2021, current MEPs declared 5,042 lobby meetings - 169 members declaring, 18% of eligible counterpart entries carried a declared Register link (diplomatic and government entries excluded).
Covers meetings attributable to current members of the Parliament - the same scope as the site-wide totals (methodology). Weekly editions with a named MEP of the week begin with the site's launch in July 2026 (2026-W30); earlier years are summarised here.
The year's most-met organisations
| Declared counterpart | Meetings | MEPs |
|---|---|---|
| EUROPEAN TRADE UNION CONFEDERATION | 46 | 22 |
| Transport and Environment (European Federation for Transport and Environment) | 33 | 14 |
| Bureau Européen des Unions de Consommateurs | 31 | 21 |
| Global Witness | 27 | 6 |
| Deutscher Gewerkschaftsbund | 25 | 12 |
| European Environmental Bureau | 25 | 15 |
| Friends of the Earth Europe | 25 | 5 |
| WWF Deutschland | 22 | 12 |
| Meta Platforms Ireland Limited and its various subsidiaries | 21 | 16 |
| European Commission | 20 | 14 |
Month by month
| Month | Declared meetings |
|---|---|
| January | 390 |
| February | 498 |
| March | 642 |
| April | 459 |
| May | 465 |
| June | 473 |
| July | 211 |
| August | 112 |
| September | 400 |
| October | 519 |
| November | 505 |
| December | 368 |